While temperatures drop in the North, many tourists head to Florida for a dose of warming winter sun. The sunshine state has its own unique aesthetic with pastel coloured art deco hotels, saccharine theme parks, tropical islands and swamps teeming with alligators, manatees and storks, so we thought it was time to search through our picture library to showcase some of our favourite images.
Flatboat fly fishing at sunset, Islamorada, Florida Keys, USA:
Douglas Peebles/Robert Harding
Abstract details of pastel coloured buildings on South Beach, Miami:
age fotostock/Robert Harding
Art Deco district, Miami Beach, Florida:
age fotostock/Robert Harding
Pink floridian flamingoes in the Everglades:
Sylvain Grandadam/Robert Harding
Bathing in Clearwater, Pinellas County
age fotostock/Robert Harding
Lifeguard hut on South Beach, Miami. Florida has 1000 miles of soft sand beaches:
Marco Simoni/Robert Harding
Aerial view of sailboats in the sea, Florida Keys:
Glow Images/Robert Harding
Alligator:
Stormfront clouds, tornado warnings, South Beach, Miami Beach.
age fotostock/Robert Harding
White Pelicans, Sanibel Island.
age fotostock/Robert Harding
See more images of Florida here